Lonelinesshttp://www.librarypoint.org/taxonomy/term/924/0
enThe Small World of Binky Bravermanhttp://www.librarypoint.org/node/9130
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3128">Picture Books for Big Kids</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/894">Imagination</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/924">Loneliness</a></li></ul></div>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:39:25 +00009130 at http://www.librarypoint.orgWithout Youhttp://www.librarypoint.org/node/4598
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1471">Penguins</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/924">Loneliness</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1070">Animal parents</a></li></ul></div>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:28:33 +0000mglover4598 at http://www.librarypoint.orgFrom the Mixed Up Files of E.L. Konigsburg http://www.librarypoint.org/Konigsburg
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/180">Virginia Johnson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/35">Autobiography and Biography</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/48">Historical Fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/13">Author Profiles</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/121">Middle Ages</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/369">New York City</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/392">Bullies</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/669">Newbery Award</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/735">Newbery Honor</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/865">March kids</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/924">Loneliness</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/927">Nonconformists</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1748">Integration -- fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-featured-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Konigsburg"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/fromthemixedupfiles.jpg" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Elaine Lobl Konigsburg has always loved reading. As a girl, she discovered the magic of <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?npp=10&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;profile=remote&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;term=The+secret+garden.&amp;index=.GW&amp;uindex=&amp;oper=&amp;ri=2&amp;session=124776N525TA7.251183&amp;menu=search&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;npp=10&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;profile=remote&amp;ri=2&amp;source=%7E%21horizon&amp;sort=&amp;limit=CO01+%3D+jgr&amp;go_sort_limit.x=8&amp;go_sort_limit.y=6#focus">The Secret Garden</a> and learned about life in a middle-class English family from <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?npp=10&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;profile=remote&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;term=MARY+POPPINS&amp;index=.GW&amp;uindex=&amp;oper=&amp;ri=2&amp;session=12I77K2B62230.251240&amp;menu=search&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;npp=10&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;profile=remote&amp;ri=2&amp;source=%7E%21horizon&amp;sort=&amp;limit=CO01+%3D+jgr&amp;limit=MT01+%3D+mt_a&amp;go_sort_limit.x=9&amp;go_sort_limit.y=8">Mary Poppins</a>. These stories became part of her childhood, and, as she relates in her excellent book of essays, <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1247762NF7293.251465&amp;menu=search&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;npp=10&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;profile=remote&amp;ri=1&amp;source=%7E%21horizon&amp;index=.GW&amp;term=Talktalk+%3A+a+children%27s+book+author+speaks+to+grown-ups+%2F&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;x=8&amp;y=11#focus">TalkTalk: A Children's Author Speaks to Grown-ups</a>, classic stories become a bridge between today's children and earlier generations.</p>
<p>What she was looking for as a child and did not find, was a reflection of her life in a Pennsylvania mill town. In classic books, the mothers were just that. The women in Elaine's neighborhood worked as maids for extra money. In classic tales, there were maids, but they were always on the sidelines, and the classroom rolls were filled with Smith's, Jones', Edwards', and the like. Where were the Ravinsky's, Machotka's, and Spinelli's?</p>
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